Senate votes to make small cut to food stamps

The Senate voted Tuesday to keep a $400 million annual cut — or roughly a half of 1 percent — to the food stamp program as part of a major five-year farm bill.

Failing Gregory, S.D., elevator to be sold

Gregory Farmers Elevator patron members voted 63-4 in favor of a New York company purchasing the assets of the elevator to keep it in business.

White House says more farm subsidy cuts needed

The Obama administration said Monday it wants to see more cuts to agriculture subsidies in a massive farm bill moving through the Senate this week.

Growers making up for lost time in planting corn

Corn growers across the Midwest have made up for lost time in a big way from a slow start to planting season after a waterlogged spring.

Weather influences market

Wheat started the week positive. Early support was from spillover buying from a stronger corn and soybean market. Additional support was from thoughts of improving fundamental news, as traders are looking for winter wheat crop conditions to decline.

• Ray Grabanski

Soybean seeding rate

The calculator asks for either weight and seeds per pound for seed units sold by weight, or for seeds per unit for seed sold by number.

Producers can reduce environmental impact

Runoff water that comes into contact with livestock manure will collect excessive amounts of nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus. These nutrients can harm water quality and have other negative environmental effects.

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The Spiritwood Energy Park may host an iron smelting facility, Construction begins on a Bobcat Co. manufacturing plant in Bismarck, N.D., and a barn fire in Perham, Minn. kills over three-dozen livestock.

Tractors rolling through RRV fields

After a late spring, Red River Valley farmers are getting a late start on planting

ACRE program mulled

As the ACRE program signup deadline approaches, NDSU economists say the program may benefit more growers this year, over the DCP program.

Wait, if you can, to graze

Coming out of a drought, ranchers need to be especially careful with their pastures this spring. What things should producers do and not do?

Hay supplies almost gone

Hay supplies are nearly depleted across much of the region, and some ranchers are facing tough choices that can include selling all or part of their herd.

'Right to farm' advances in Mo.

The Missouri State Legislature on May 14 passed legislation that would allow farmers and ranchers to engage in modern farming practices.

Former Gregory, S.D., elevator employee pleads not guilty to embezzlement

Melissa Vosika, 29, appeared in court May 15 in Burke and pleaded not guilty to seven counts of embezzlement, three counts of altering corporate records, three counts of forgery and one count of attempted embezzlement.

Region’s seed experts support court’s decision in favor of Monsanto

Some soybean and seed officials in North Dakota say they’re not surprised about the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that affirmed an Indiana farmer infringed a Monsanto seed patent by buying and planting bin-run soybeans containing the patented trait.